2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Legal Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Professions program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for legal professions students working on their doctor’s degree. WMU-Cooley Law School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lansing.
Women make up 61% of the legal professions majors at the school.
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Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 51% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 49% are male.
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Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
About 55% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 45% are male.
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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.
About 55% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 45% are male.
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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular legal professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 271 students majoring in legal professions at UW - Madison, 49% are male and 51% are female.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree legal professions programs. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 235 students majoring in legal professions at IUPUI, 53% are male and 47% are female.
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Loyola University Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
About 61% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 39% are male.
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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Of the 226 students majoring in legal professions at Illinois Tech, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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Michigan State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.
Of the 216 students majoring in legal professions at Michigan State, 47% are male and 53% are female.
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University of Chicago came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Legal Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
About 45% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 55% are male.
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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,257 |
| Michigan | 1,654 |
| Ohio | 1,634 |
| Illinois | 2,648 |
| Wisconsin | 748 |
Legal Professions Related Majors
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 36,216 |
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Legal Research | 6,874 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Majors Similar to Legal Professions
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 142,610 |
| Public Administration & Social Service | 98,583 |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | 73,813 |
| Military Technologies & Applied Sciences | 4,477 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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